In The Forest Grew A Tiny Birch Tree (hi-lo)

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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IN THE FOREST GREW A TINY BIRCH TREE hi-lo
(Vo Pole Berezyn’ka Stoiala)
Russian folk song
Key: Em

5   5   5   5   -4 -4 4  4  -3 5   -3”
8   8   8   8   -8 -8 7  7  -7 8   -6
In the for-est grew a ti-ny birch tree

5   5   6   5   -4 -4  4   4  -3 5   -3”
8   8   9   8   -8 -8  7   7  -7 8   -6
In the for-est grew a ten-der birch tree

-3 4   -4  4  4  -3    -3”
-7 7   -8  7  7  -7    -6
La la, la la, a birch tree

-3 4   -4  4  4  -3    -3”
-7 7   -8  7  7  -7    -6
La la, la la, a birch tree

 -3  -3   4     4     -3   -3   4    4
 -7  -7   7     7     -7   -7   7    7
Then the snow-flakes down-ward glid-ing

 -3  -3   4   4   -3  -3   4   4
 -7  -7   7   7   -7  -7   7   7
Gave the rab-bits mea-ger hid-ing

-3 -3   4     4     -3     -3    4    4
-7 -7   7     7     -7     -7    7    7
As the grey-hounds barked their guid-ing

-3 -3   4    4    -3  -3  4   4
-7 -7   7    7    -7  -7  7   7
To the hunt-ers, hors-es rid-ing

 -3   -3   4    4   -3 -3  4   4
 -7   -7   7    7   -7 -7  7   7
Then they home, to wife a-bid-ing

-3  -3   4   4   -3  -3   4   4
-7  -7   7   7   -7  -7   7   7
Has-en pfef-fer were pro-vid-ing

 5  5   5   5  6     6    6    6
 8  8   8   8  9     9    9    9
Let us sing a song, sing sing sing

 6  6   -5  -5   5   5   -4
 9  9   -9  -9   8   8   -8
Let us sing and let the bells 

-4  4    -3   4
-8  7    -7   7
Go ding dong ding

-3  4  -3 -3 4  -3 -3 4  4  -3 -3 4
-7  7  -7 -7 7  -7 -7 7  7  -7 -7 7
Fa la, fa la la fa la la la la la la

 6    6   -5    -5  5 5   -4  -4
 9    9   -9    -9  8 8   -8  -8
It’s the truth that I am tell-ing

4   4   -3  -3  -3” -3” -3”
7   7   -7  -7  -6  -6  -6
Oh yes, ev-‘ry word is true

 6    6   -5    -5  5 5   -4  -4
 9    9   -9    -9  8 8   -8  -8
It’s the truth that I am tell-ing

4   4   5   5   -6  -6  -6
7   7   8   8  -10 -10  -10
Oh yes, ev-‘ry word is true

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